Innersole.



F. L. OORSON.

Patented July 30, 1912.

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' INNERSOLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. J 1113 30, 1912.

Application filed March 28, 1912. Serial No. 683,763. i

thin leather and is reinforced by a ribbed canvas member, which is sewed to the inner sole at each side of the rib, so that when the welt and upper are sewed to the rib of the canvas member, the inner sole will he reinterred bvthe canvas and the strain will he distrilimtcd on the inner solo at each side of the rib ot the ranvasmembcr.

Additional objects oi? the invention will appear in the following complete spec-itica tion, in which the preferred form of the inveutit n is disclosed.

la the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views in which y Figure l is an inverted plan view of my inner sole; Fig. 2 is a sectional view-on the line 2%) of Fig. l and Fig. 3 is a sectional pmfspectivc view showing how the welt and the upper are sewed to the rib ot the reinforcing member.

in the mmiul'zu'turc ot inner, soles it has been the custom to channel the inner soles to Form lips or rihs to which the weltand uppers may he sewed, and as the leather used for the manufacture of inneiflsoles is usually of an inferior quality; and as the inner soles arc channeled at the places where the greatest strength is required, itwill be seen that the channeling ot' the inner soles ing the rib 7. This canvas member 6 is coated on its inner side 8 with an adhesive material, the. canvas member 6 being doubled on itself, with portions of the inner side of the canvas member having the adhesive material facing each other, sothat the rib 7 will be formed. The portions 10 and 1.1 of the canvas member 6 are sewed together at 12 to limit the movement away from each other of the sides 13 and'14 of the canvas member 6. canvas member 6 is sewed to the body 5 of the inner sole at 15, and the side 14 of the canvas member 6 is sewed to the body 5 of the inner, sole at 16. seen that with the stitching 12, the sides 13 and 1 1 of the canvas member form a strong reinforcing member which is sewed to the h ply 5 of the inner sole at each side of the rm 7.

Itshonld be understood that, the sides 13 It will therefore be- The side 13 of the" and 14 of the canvas reinforcing member 6 will assist in supporting and holding the rib 7 in position, and any strain at any point on the body 5 of the inner sole will be distributed more or less over the body of the inner sole at places where the inner sole will be secured to the sides 13 and 14, and in this way the inner sole will be reinforced throughout the entire length Where the greatest service is req iired. Not only will the body 5 of the inner sole be supported longitudinally of the rib, but it Will also be supported transversely of the rib by the canvas reinforcing member 6, for While one of the sides 14 is sewed to the body 5 at the inner side of the rib, the other side 13 is sewed to the body 5 at the outer side of the rib. This is important forthis stitching at the outer side of the rib serves not only to rein force the inner sole, with the canvas member and transversely of the rib, butit also serves to pull the outer edge of the inner sole down close to'the upper. As sl. am in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the welt l7jtland the upper. 18 are sewed to the outer at each side of the rib disposed against and 10 side. of the'rib' 7 in the customary manner. sewed to the inner sole. ,f Having thus described my invention, I In testimony whereof I have signed my claim as new, and desire to secure by Letname to this specification in the presence of Esters Patent; two subscribingwitnesses. I I In an article of the class described; an FRED L. CORSON. inner sole body, and a' reinforcing member Witnesses: haying portions folded and stitched to- ALLIE JoHNsoN, vgethento form a rib, and with side portions 7 v DELLA B. YEA'ION. 

